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TRAVELING BAG.

No. 384,969. Patented June 26, 1888.

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ALEXANDER CI FRANKEL, OF NEYVARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB LAGOVVITZ, OF SAME PLACE.

TRAVELING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part! Letters Patent No. 384,969, dated June 26, 1888.

Application filed December 9, 1887. Serial No. 257,413. No model.)

, of a traveling-bag constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig 2, a vertical sectional View on the line 1 1; Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a perspective view showing the construction of the corners; Fig. 5, a plan view of the blank, showing how the same is cut; Fig. 6, a detail view showing a slight modification, and Figs. 7 and 8 perspective views of the fastening devices.

A indicates the bag as a whole, comprising ends B B, sides 0, top D, and bottom E. Each halfof the bag is made of a single piece of material cut and bent to proper form and mounted upon a two part frame, F, the parts of the framebeing hinged together, as is usual in this class of bags. In forming the sides, top, ends, and bottom of each half of the bag, ltake a piece of material of the form shown in Fig. 5, cutting out a portion of each corner, as clearly shown in said figure, forming flaps a. The material of which the bag is formed will preferably be strawboard, which will be covered upon its outer face with a water-proof fabric, d, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the said fabric will be applied to the board forming the bag after the said board is cut to proper form, and care should be taken to leave one end of the water-proof material, d, pro- 0 jectingslightly beyond the edges of the top and bottom section, thereby covering up the out or exposed edges of said top and bottom. After this is done each end of that portion of the blank forming the top and bottom is bent upon forming said parts and through the flap a, which I is formed upon the ends B B, all as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. The prongs of the fastening project into the interior of the bag and are bent downward, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, thereby preventing the parts from being pulled apart. If desired, the fastening G may be made with adownwardly-projecting flange, as shown in Figs. 6 and 8, so asto cover and protect the edge of the top and'bottom sections, D and E.

From the foregoing construction it will be seen that I possess a bag that is simpler and easier to make than those which have hitherto been made or sold, and one also that is considerably stronger and safer than others of which I am aware.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The blank herein described for constructing traveling-bags, comprising side (Lends B B, bottom E, and top D, the end portions, B B, being provided with flaps a, substantially as shown.

2. In -a traveling-bag, the combination of the blank comprising the side G, ends B B, top

cient to cover the exposed edges of the top and bottom portions, and fastenings G, unitingthe ends with the top and bottom, all substantially as shown.

4. Ina traveling-bag, the combination of the bentbodyAandthe flanged fastening devices G, uniting the parts of the body A at its corners, substantially as shown, and adapted to protect the exposed edges of the top and bottom.

5. In the manufacture of traveling-bags, the blank herein described,con1prising the rectangular body portion O, adapted to form the side of the bag, rectangular sections D E and B B, forming, respectively, the top, bottom, and ends, and adapted to be bent or folded upon lines coinciding with the edges of the body portion 0, flaps a a, projecting from opposite edges of the end sections and adapted to be folded or bent thereupon on lines coinciding with the top and bottom edges of the body portion 0, and a covering applied to the face of the blank and projecting beyond the ends of the top and bottom sections.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER G. FRANKEL. Witnesses:

J AMES A. BRUEN, OSCAR TSING. 

